More fairytale stories soon?

With Manchester City clinching the English Premier League in insane fashion and Chelsea winning the Champions League in a dramatic penalty shootout, will there be more fairy tales soon? There could be, with the European Championship coming in just two weeks time. Having purchased the starhub package after much deliberation, I can only hope that it will be another exhilarating summer football tournament. With no exams and no major bugbear like the Block Tests during the 2010 World Cup, I can finally watch this whole showpiece in peace (no pun intended). I think France, Italy and Germany have a good chance of winning it. As usual, England is overrated and will probably crash out at the quarterfinals if they are not already knocked out of the group stages.

My England Starting Eleven (with all due respect to Roy Hodgson who is a really great manager and great guy):

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Defenders: Kyle Walker (But sadly he’s out with an injury so Glen Johnson is the next choice), Phil Jones, John Terry, Ashley Cole

Midfielders: Steven Gerrard, Scott Parker, Frank Lampard, Theo Walcott

Forwards: Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney

Adam Johnson, Aaron Lennon, and Grant Holt should be given a chance seriously.

The Stirring Champions League theme song

And here’s the one which is shown on tv:

These are truly the best and the champions. The Champions League is really the mother of all cups (no indecent inferences) for european football clubs.

Goodbye Gregory House

And so, after eight seasons of engaging television, House has ended for good. Despite the lacklustre later seasons, Hugh Laurie still managed to maintain the standard of the whole series by his award-winning portrayal of Gregory House. The last ever episode was kind of sentimental, and provided a fitting closure over the life of Gregory House and James Wilson. Well, if you have never watched it, go find season one episode one and give it a shot.

And recently, the HBO series Game of Thrones has hooked me these few days. It’s kind of like Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a Lord of the Rings setting. With a heck of a long list of characters, and a cliffhanger at the end of every episode, you will want to keep on watching the next to find out what happens next. Unfortunately, I don’t think Mediacorp is going to air this series on local television anytime soon due to the uncomfortable level of violence, nudity, and homosexual nudity (aka mature content to film censors). But come on guys, these help to portray the intensity and emotions of the characters and the development of the overall plot. After I’m done with the current two seasons, I’m definitely going to read the original book by George Martin. Give it a go.

Opening Credits for Game of Thrones. Quite “medieval” will you say?

So many twists in the final day

This sums it all up. Such is the beauty of football. What a season.